glunch

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verb

To look sullen or glum; to frown

OriginScots glunch →
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Meanings

verbglunch (third-person singular simple present glunches, present participle glunching, simple past and past participle glunched)

present singular third person glunches · participle present glunching · participle past glunched · past glunched

  1. ScotlandintransitiveTo look sullen or glum; to frown
nounglunch (plural glunches)

plural glunches

  1. ScotlandA sullen or glum look; a frown.

Origin

  1. Scotsglunch
  2. Englishglunch

Borrowed from Scots glunch, of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of glum or glump.

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Cite this entry
APA

glunch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glunch

MLA

“glunch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glunch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glunch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glunch.

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